Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed yesterday that his retirement had been deferred
yet again. Dismissing any possibility that he would quit at the end of this
season – as declared in the afterglow of the Champions League triumph of
2008 - the Manchester United manager even suggested that he would have to be
ushered out of Old Trafford by his doctor.

‘’I’m not in a position to retire now,’’ Ferguson told an audience in Doha,
Qatar, from where he planned to fly home after last night’s friendly
international between Brazil and Argentina in time to assess Wayne Rooney in
training today. ‘’In fact,